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Soul Serenade: The Coasters, “Yakety Yak”
Carl Gardner, the original lead singer of the Coasters died last week. He was the voice on a string of great singles for the group. Ken Shane pays tribute
Read More »Soul Serenade: The Rascals, “A Ray of Hope”
By late 1968, the Rascals string of hit singles was coming to and end, but there was still a lot of great music to be heard from the blue-eyed soul legends
Read More »Soul Serenade: Aretha Franklin, “Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)”
In 1967, Stevie Wonder co-wrote a classic song of romantic longing, but it remained largely unknown until the Queen of Soul released her smash cover in
Read More »Cratedigger: The Young Rascals, “The Young Rascals”
In 1966 the Young Rascals rocked the world with their #1 hit "Good Lovin'." The single spurred their debut album into the upper reaches of the charts
Read More »Soul Serenade: Ben E. King, “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)”
Everyone knows Ben E. King. He’s the guy who co-wrote and sang the immortal “Stand By Me,” which was a Top Ten hit in 1961, and again in 1987. True enough, but he is
Read More »Cratedigger: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Deja Vu”
In what many people would have called an unlikely move, Crosby, Stills & Nash invited Neil Young join them in 1969. Their first album together took them to the top of the world
Read More »Bootleg City: Nilsson
One of my favorite pebbles of pop-culture minutiae is that Curtis Armstrong, the actor who played Herbert Viola on Moonlighting in the late ’80s and “Booger” in four Revenge of the Nerds movies, knows
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